On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Andrew Davie wrote:
> This custom seemed to disappear in the mid 80s. Sometimes I get to thinking
> of the things that have changed, and when and why. Another example that
> comes to mind - I quite clearly remember about 10 years ago thinking how
> useless the tilde (~) was on a keyboard. Of course, now we are all
> net-bound it's used all the time. I wonder if there are other examples of
> ins/outs that you oldies remember and would care to share. Things that were
> ubiquitous and no longer with us.
Well, certainly the '_at_' symbol was entirely useless until internet e-mail.
And how many people actually use function keys any more in the age of the
GUI and mouse?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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